Weighing and measuring machine



Feb. 14, 1928.

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silicate, crushed roch, coal, mica and like.

Referring to the drawings for a more cointhe plete disclosures of the member Fig. l is a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a Vertical section ot l;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. e is an enlarged section on the line 4:-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a detail section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

The machine comprises a stationary portion l and a rotor 2 mounted to rotate relative to the stationary portion.

The stationary portion has side plates 3 made out of tank or boiler steel and other stock shapes. AConnecting` the side plates at their upper parts is a bottom plate l and bottoni plate 5 which together torni a receiving hopper tor the material as it dumped in. rfhese plates are connecter to the sides 3 by means of angle irons (l. The inner or adjacent ends of the plates Lil i 5 are separated sufficiently to permit ti terial to loW therethrough .into the In order to break the tall ot the i as it is dumped into the hopper.A l transverse baille plate 7, bolted to tire a plates 3, by angle irons 8. Bolted to the lower side of the side plates disehar plate 9.

It will be noted that the side plates Whicl act as braces or supports tor the the same time also form a part et the receiving hopper. 4

Attached to the bottom ot the steel. plates and bolted firmly thereto are angles 30 which form a support for the machine.

Secured to the side plates 3 is a sacher l0, which is used When it is desired that the discharged material shall be dumped iuto sacks, there being a space l1 between the discharge plate 9 and the sacher l0, through which the material flows.

The side plates 3 will be 'further held together by cross bars l2 and cross plates The rotor comprises two circula-r side aeing shown. rEhese coin- "fwined by separator. sheets i om one side plate to the other also being secured to the cross bars land l7 lying close to the shaft 15 and tangenthereto,

he separator sheets are so laid on the l5 that anj,Y Water in the material Will the t at the bottom of the pocketposed underlying sheet. i he side frames 3 is a stub axle o and rotating about this axle is a toothed 1Fetal-ably mounted in the body o tire qua lrant is the end 19 ot the sha-ft l5. tions ma;Y be mounted in ball bearings S20 and Q1. En the side plates 3, a suitablyT shaped slot- 22 may be Cut and as the quadrant rotates about the stub axle the shaft l5 travels in the slot. Also mounted to rotate on ball bearings in the side plate 3 is the gear Q9 which meshes with the toothed quadrant 18. Secured to the said gear is the Weight arm 25 carrying the slidabliiY adjustable We' Secured to the side plates 3 i and slidablj.7 adjustable hard stel bar against which the tool steel lug- 23 contacts act as a stop. rlhe lugs Q3 Will be bolted directlv to the outside ot the rotor and the ars Q27 will be bolted to the inside oi" the side plates 3 and will be ground so as to be true With the dead nenter of the shaft l5 to prevent unevenness ot the roto-r and take L s a slotl alla,7 touch each other.

lllhen the rotor gradually7 sinks down under the combined Weight ot its own mateplus the Weight or the measured matethe steel bar ld Will be on a level With the bottom ot the steel trip bar 29 and thus per Both of these rotatable connec- D toe shoclr or jar o?? of the rotor when re4 suops contact just before the cross bars actuflowing into the pocket. 'the top edge of bottom of, the bar 29, to en'tirelyfslrnto all lmits the rotorto past.v this point and turntotharight. As the meterturns.1 to the right, the material in the pocket is discharged onto Ythe plate 9. As the material/disloaded, the bar 15. is,- sui'eiently above, the

VVIrlaaterial from flowing? intoV the next pocket,

until the loadiiw pocket is, actually filled and ready toK be disdharged.L

Ars. the rotor gradually sinks downwards,

it causes the.y ale` l5 to pull the.v gem-edV quadrant downwards an. arcA oi eircle about the axle 17, theV axley 15,-- beingt tree to, run up and down in the slot 22. While the teeth. of the qnadrantv arey turning about the asile-17, the, gearedhub 23 also turns lifting the weight 25. The weightQV canbe ad? justed on ,ther arm 25, to vary with they weight ot the materiali the pockets; Vas

desired; The, arml 25 can: bei graduated. to

accurately weigh wherever4 the weightis set.. My mach-ine as: well as. each andi afl-lL otits partsare/simple in design and,readilyA aecessible inA assembling, parte., Y

machine. will` weigh. or measure its rated, load,.. using only, one weight-'on` eachside and neither` one need ordinarilyl be heavier than 30E lbs.V

In my rnacliine,v the. steel bar 116 stabilizes the; weight ot the rotor from two sides. at.

once, so that; both sides ot the rotor areFp'er.- fectly balanced, while the bar L6 trips; under the bar 29 evenly from onelend to they other, so: that there. is no twisting or weaving? in weighing and tripping,iv Y

' E am awarefthat, the invention may be eme bodied.. in other specific forms without. dee

, parting from the spirit or essential attri-V bntesf'thereof, and I' therefore desire the. present einbodment to` bev considered in all` respenteI as illustrative and not restrictive, retereneeibeing, had to the lappended claims rather thanl tothe toreigningv Ydescription.'te indicate the4 scope.A et my invention.

HavingA described my invention what L claiin as new and desire to secure Letters Patent for isf: i

1;. Inia device oifjthe, character described,

hopper.

a.. horizontalY rotatable receptacleT side. plates ifornnng af support tor: the said receptacle,

bottom V4plates connecting the side plates v above the receptacle to form a hopper for Vfeeding material'- into: the receptacle.

2,. In a devine. of the character described,

the combination of a horizontal rotatable receptacle, an axle upon which it is mounted, separatorsheets difidingthe receptaclerinto compartments, one end Veli the said sheets lying on thel axle,'tanglnitiallyand permitting:vv seepage of water therebetwee t Sain a deviceoi thecl'aracterdescribe a horizontal rotatable receptacle, sideplat forming a supporti for the said receptacle, bottom plates` connecting` the side vplates above the recentacle. to form a hoppentoij teedimii material' into the receptacle, anda baile plate between the the fall. of the, material as it fed- .intol the 4. In a devicey ofthe: character, described, the combination ot a rotary receptacle,y side platestorming. a snpportffor thesaid receptacle, a shaft forthe receptacle, the ends'o the sha-ft passing-thronpgl'r slots inV thegsi'de plates, a'toothed sector pivotally vmen' ted, on

fthe side plates,V vthe/ends oty the shat't being yrepairing or replacing Vcross bar connecting the.- sides ot the rota-ry recep.tacle, the two. said` cross bars` actingfas a; stop for limiting the rotary movement; of.'V the receptacle and alsof to prevent material flowing into the succeeding compartment during the lil-ling opera-tion,z and meansy for disengaging the said bars vby the; dawn,-V

w-ard. movement of the. receptacle tolpermit.

the saidreceptacle t0 rotate, the stream, of.

material trom, the hopper beingr uninterrupted; during tl-ierota-r",T movement ot the receptacle. f In testimony whereof I affix my signature, AUSTIN LRUPPERT. c

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